# CharlieHR > HR software for UK small businesses, priced by team-size bracket CharlieHR, sold as Charlie, is HR software made for UK small businesses. Every plan includes employee records and documents, onboarding, time-off tracking, performance reviews, engagement surveys and staff perks, and the price is a monthly fee set by headcount bracket. Charlie Recruit, an applicant tracker, and Charlie Grow, which adds a dedicated HR adviser and the AskCharlie AI, cost extra. - **Category:** HR Software - **Made by:** Charlie OS Limited (since 2016) - **Website:** https://www.charliehr.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026 ## Pricing CharlieHR is a paid product with a free trial, starting at £21 per month for up to 4 team members (pounds, excluding VAT). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 7-day free trial, no credit card required (add-ons not included). | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 1-4 team members | £21 per month for up to 4 team members | Core Charlie: records and documents, onboarding, time off, performance reviews, engagement surveys and perks. | | 5-14 team members | £47 per month for up to 14 team members | Core Charlie for teams of 5 to 14; the page lists 5-9 and 10-14 as separate brackets at the same price. | | 15-29 team members | £108 per month for up to 29 team members | Core Charlie for teams of 15 to 29. | | 30-49 team members | £185 per month for up to 49 team members | Core Charlie for teams of 30 to 49. | | 50-99 team members | £323 per month for up to 99 team members | Core Charlie for teams of 50 to 99. | | 100+ team members | £431 per month for up to 149 team members | Core Charlie for 100 to 149 people; then £539 for 150-199, £646 for 200-249 and £754 a month for 250 or more. | Read from https://www.charliehr.com/pricing on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with CharlieHR before buying. ## Key features - **Employee records and documents:** Stores contracts, policies, tax codes and other records on each profile, sends contracts for e-signature and files them once signed. - **Onboarding:** New hires submit their own details through a self-service onboarding flow, with checklists to track tasks and contracts sent for e-signature. - **Time-off management:** Leave requests go to the right manager, public holidays sync to the calendar, custom leave types fit company policy, and Slack shows who is off. - **Performance reviews and engagement:** Run structured reviews and appraisals on a schedule, and send engagement surveys to the team. - **Charlie Recruit:** An add-on applicant tracker with interview scheduling, e-signed contracts, best-fit analysis, blind hiring and a custom careers site. - **Charlie Grow:** An add-on with a dedicated HR adviser, the AskCharlie AI assistant, urgent support and help with compliance and policies. ## Good for - UK small businesses hiring their first HR system - Founders who want HR advice alongside the software - Teams that want a fixed monthly price for their size bracket ## Worth knowing - Made for UK businesses: prices are in pounds and exclude 20% UK VAT, and no other countries are named. - Charlie Recruit costs £55 to £150 a month extra and cannot be bought on its own; Charlie Grow starts at £200 a month for up to 4 people. - It does not run payroll; it stores payroll details and links to tools such as Xero and PayCaptain. - No app-store app is listed on its site; Charlie is used in a browser. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. Charlie is HR software for UK small businesses, with records, onboarding, time off, reviews, surveys and perks on every plan, priced by headcount. A ten-person team pays £47 a month. But it runs in a browser only, it doesn't do payroll, and the trial lasts just 7 days. - **Value for money: C.** Ten people fall in the 5 to 14 bracket at £47 a month, in pounds before VAT. That buys records, onboarding, time off, reviews, surveys and perks. It sits between this category's cheaper quarter and its middle, and HR advice with Charlie Grow starts at £200 a month on top. - **Free plan and trial: C.** No free plan, but a 7-day trial with no card. A week is short, and the add-ons aren't in it. - **Features: B.** Records and documents with e-signatures, self-service onboarding, time off with Slack showing who's out, scheduled reviews, engagement surveys and perks. The whole job for a small team, with payroll left to Xero or PayCaptain. - **Ease of use: C.** No App Store rating on record. New hires fill in their own details, but you'll still set up leave types and review cycles. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, linked to Xero, PayCaptain, Workable, Teamtailor, Spendesk, Hofy, Ravio and Pave. No phone or desktop app on record. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Charlie's own pages on 18 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among HR software - CharlieHR's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 5 of the 9 other HR software we grade, and level with 3. - It stands best on features (B, above 1 of 9) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at about $27.76 a month, against a middle price of $9 for the category: 5 of the 6 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less. ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of CharlieHR you could make: employee records, time off, applicant tracking and surveys. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $333.15 a year. - You could make: Employee records, time off, applicant tracking and surveys: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Xero, PayCaptain and Workable among them. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Xero, PayCaptain, Workable, Teamtailor, Spendesk, Hofy, Ravio, Pave **Tags:** Employee records, Time off, Applicant tracking, Surveys ## Alternatives - [Breathe](https://toolgpa.com/tools/breathe): UK HR software for small firms, priced per business, not per person. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/breathe-vs-charliehr) - [Humaans](https://toolgpa.com/tools/humaans): HR system of record for growing companies, with AI agents, by quote. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/charliehr-vs-humaans) - [Personio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/personio): European HR platform for records, absences, time and recruiting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/charliehr-vs-personio) - [BambooHR](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bamboohr): HR records, hiring, time off and reviews, with US payroll as an add-on. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bamboohr-vs-charliehr) - [Zoho People](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoho-people): Low-cost HR records, attendance, shifts and reviews from Zoho. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/charliehr-vs-zoho-people) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026: - https://www.charliehr.com/pricing - https://www.charliehr.com/ - https://www.charliehr.com/about - https://www.charliehr.com/product/integrations - https://help.charliehr.com/en/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/charliehr Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).